Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.14 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small city, Pampa doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Pampa rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.42% of adults 25 and older in Pampa have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Pampa in 2022 was $31,426, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,704 for a family of four. However, Pampa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pampa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pampa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pampa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pampa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.36% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pampa include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Pampa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
